Alamo was convicted on June 8, 1994, on one charge of filing a false income tax return and three charges of failing to file a tax return. Their wives had remarried more loyal subjects of Alamo, and their families had relocated to California. His father was a poor immigrant from Romania who settled the family near Joplin, Missouri in the 1920s. My mother learned strong-arm tactics from my father and then finessed it with religion, Coie said. With the labor of their followers, the Alamos turned their church into a hefty financial empire, even as many members had to scavenge food from supermarket dumpsters and were forbidden from flushing the toilets more than every two or three days. Many witnesses can verify that Amy has been severely beaten by Alamo on many occasions. In return, their own needs would be met and their children would receive basic education through high school. ET) on Investigation Discovery. Theme Ported to Wordpress by Kaushal Sheth . Beginning in the 1960s in California, erstwhile music producer Tony Alamo became interested in authoritarian religion and, along with his charismatic wife, Susan, began gathering followers. Now Tony Alamo is also a grave robberat least in the eyes of an Arkansas judge, who has ordered him to lay to rest his wifes missing 13-year-old corpse. Amrhein doesnt believe the children went to school while they lived at the foundation in Dyer. Susan, too, would eventually change her name from the one her parents gave her in Alma, Arkansas. They also ran a nationwide network of lucrative, church-owned businesses, authorities said, including a distributor of designer denim and leather jackets, studded with rhinestones, that sold for $1,000 or more. But Coie said she believes the dark-haired preacher did it because he knows no bounds of decency, because he could use her [Susan Alamo] two times around like a marionette to control [their followers].. Amrhein, who owns a real estate agency, said Alamos followers have gone to Huntington to pass out literature that says Amrhein beat his children and is emotionally unstable. The 61-year-old Alamonow serving a six-year sentence in Colorado for failing to file tax returns and submitting a false onemust also arrange for her proper and legal entombment, Spears ruled. This is so perverse.. Factories are calling me and asking me why he doesnt pay his bills. Misheal Eden Jones-Williams Unofficial wife of Tony Alamo. Gyllenhammar said Alamo is attracted to blond women. I was terrified that if I didnt do what I was supposed to do when he told me to do it no matter what it was Im going to hell, Amy tells PEOPLE, recalling her childhood in the cult. Tony Alamo talks to reporters as he is escorted to a waiting police car outside the federal courthouse in Texarkana, Ark. Moseley testified during the missing-body case that Alamo had phoned him after the corpses disappearance and acknowledged ordering its removal. Alamo, whose real name is Bernie Lazar . The Alamo Christian Foundation was an American cult founded in 1969 by Christian evangelist Tony Alamo and one of his wives, Susan Alamo. Lydia and Tabor are no longer in associated with the group or Tony Alamo. He accused me of having an ungodly statue of a man and a woman. [17][18][19][1][2], In June 2013, the federal government filed forfeiture and collection actions in federal court on 27 properties which were owned by members of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, in an attempt to collect $2.5 million in restitution that Alamo was ordered to pay to his victims. Rate and review titles you borrow and share your opinions on them. Between 1986 and 1990, the preacher remarried twice. Alamos church also lives, if in a far smaller and less organized fashion, said several sources including Alamos own lawyer. His motions allege that Spears cannot objectively judge the case because he was endorsed by local newspaper editor Jack Moseley. That is one reason why we can provide this research service free of charge. It would be three more years before Alamo followers would finally deliver Susan Alamos remains to Tulsa, Oklahoma, for proper burial under Coies supervision. In 2007, the Southern Poverty Law Center listed the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries as a hate group, citing its anti-Catholic literature and rhetoric. Tony and Sharon had a son, Sion, together in the summer of 1991, while Tony was in jail awaiting trial for threatening Federal Judge Morris Arnold. This is how he shows his gratitude? To treat my mother like a bag of garbage? Members in Dyer worked on a large campus compound. She believed a miracle would save her. Alamos attorneys kept the issue before the courts from 1985 to 1992, arguing that church-owned enterprises were exempt from federal income taxes because they were churches in disguise. Many Hollywood celebrities were seen wearing them, including Michael Jackson, who wore a modified leather Alamo jacket on the cover of his album Bad. Claiming resurrection was imminent, hed kept Susan displayed in the compound for months before interring her body. One of the ex-communicated fathers also claimed Alamo had embezzled up to $100,000 in church funds from their trucking company. You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. In 1982, his wife Susan Alamo (ne Edith Opal Horn) died of cancer. Lydia was in her early 30s. Angela Marie Morales Unofficial wife of Tony Alamo Nicky, 12, and Amanda, 10, but apparently she violated conditions placed on her by the court. Attorney Susan James of Montgomery, Ala., who represented Alamo during the trial in Ft. Smith, Ark., noted that Alamo was challenging Spears decision and said he had denied all of Coies allegations. Members could stop by the compound in Dyer, from its perch looking out over the Ozark Mountains, and view the embalmed body of Susan Alamo. They made a record together, and they cant sing. Mrs. Alamo had temporary custody of the two children. They also had a knack for finding young people who needed help. Were free! Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, List of organizations designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as anti-LGBT hate groups, "Tony Alamo, Apocalyptic Ministry Leader Convicted of Sex Abuse, Dies at 82", "Christian Cult Leader and Child Sex Abuser Tony Alamo Dies in Federal Custody". Franke, Eric W. A Brief History of the Alamo Christian Foundation. New England Institute of Religious Research. She didnt hink he will hold on to his wealth much longer. There are things that are out of my control, like recurring nightmares. The Alamo Christian Foundation was set up in 1969 by husband and wife Tony and Susan Alamo, born Bernie Lazar Hoffman and Edith Opal Horn. Dear Abby: My boyfriend is using me for sex and money. The following month, Susan Alamo was re-interred in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Encyclopedia of Arkansas Amy E. Unofficial wife of Tony Alamo Born Bernie Hoffman, the boy from Missouri wasnt an average preacher. The civil contempt differs from his criminal incarceration in that Mr. Alamo holds the key to the jailhouse in his possession, Spears wrote. DEAR ABBY: I am in love with my best . At the age of 82, Tony Alamo died while serving his federal prison sentence. The documentary series also features archival footage, including Tony Alamo's videotaped deposition, as well as interviews with former members of the cult and the FBI agent who brought Alamo down.[23][24]. There is nothing I can do to make it go away, but I try my hardest.. New congregants signed on, then the church transported them to a rural location of Agua Dulce, California, about an hour northeast, for a hot meal and a sermon. He professed this great love for my mother. The main campus continued to grow, adding gas stations, a restaurant and a hog farm, according to The New York Times. Tony Alamo Christian Ministries. [1][2] He was 82 years old. On September 25, 2008, Alamo himself was arrested in Flagstaff, Arizona, on a federal warrant charging him with violating the Mann Act, a federal statute enacted to stop the trafficking of women or girls across state lines, over a period from March 1994 through October 2005. Alamo went on to own a health club and work in the music industry. Her mother Suzanne and step-father, Bob Streit, are still with the Alamo group. Alamo is the president of the Alama-based Alamo Christian Foundation. Alamo Ministry Resurrected. Arkansas Times, November 29, 2007, pp. Years earlier, sheriffs deputies showed up at Alamos Saugus, California compound. Theme Ported to Wordpress by Kaushal Sheth . But the church began to falter in 1985, when the Internal Revenue Service stripped it of its tax-exempt status, charging it was nothing more than a front for Alamo-owned businesses. One of the fathers, Robert Miller, had previously overseen the churchs trucking company and alleged that Alamo had embezzled $100,000 from it. For years they were side by side, and Anthony said he believes she was the true mastermind of Alamo Ministries. When it became clear she wouldnt survive, she told church members she believed she would rise from the dead. Special thanks to the Department of Arkansas Heritage. Upon his release, the ex-felon returned home: back to his now humbler Tony Alamo Christian Ministries. Alamo Christian Foundation zeroed in on street kids, and there were no shortage in 1960s Hollywood. 72201. Her. He claimed that he recorded a hit record single in the early 1960s, Little Yankee Girl, and that he was asked to manage musical acts including the Beatles, the Doors, and the Rolling Stones. All Rights Reserved. The miniseries describes their founding and running of the Tony and Susan Alamo Christian Foundation which the program characterizes as a "cult" through which the Alamos became rich by exploiting their followers who truly believed in them. Special Trial Judge Larry L. Nameroff ruled, however, that the organization was essentially operated for Tonys and Susans private benefit, and the IRS seized some of the church property for an auction. Pebbles agrees: I dont think it will ever be easy. His father was a Jewish immigrant from Romania who, Alamo claims, had been dance instructor for Rudolf Valentino. Susan wasnt., I fell in love with Tony, she said. Below are several (but not all) of Tony Alamos alleged wives. In the midst of his supposed third marriage, a 1986 Arkansas Gazette report concluded that Gyllenhammar had actually been Alamo's sixth wife, as he had apparently been married four times prior to Susan. Flippo, Chet. I called the State Department to look out for my former wife in case she applied for a passport, Amrhein said. He has written and spoken favorably about polygamy over the years. Amrhein called the Press Argus Courier this week after cult awareness groups sent him clippings that have appeared in this newspaper. Now Tony . Tonys behavior after Susans death became troubling, but it turned out he had a long history of shady dealings and violent confrontations dating back to his days in Los Angeles. Enriquez, Sam. Nailing Tony Alamo. This Rock 1 (October 1990). Jeanne, Amy, Desiree and Nikki were all born into the Tony Alamo Christian Ministry, which, some say, is a cult. The U.S. Attorney's Office argued that the owners were "owners in name only" because the properties were still under Alamo's control. [9], Tony and Susan Alamo founded the Alamo Christian Foundation in 1969 in Hollywood, California. The children are brainwashed, but they will be OK, said Amrhein, who is involved in a bitter custody fight with his former wife, Elizabeth Amrhein-Alamo, who claims to have married, Tony Alamo, the Alma-based evangelist and has been living at his Dyer home with her children. By the 1970s, Tony Alamo Christian Ministries had established particularly strong footholds in Arkansas, as well as maintaining outposts in California. In six months, when she didnt rise from the dead, Tony finally buried her. Others said they never got paid. Both women still suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, where seemingly normal activities can sometimes trigger panic attacks and feelings of fear and loneliness. History: Just 13 years old when she went to Tony Alamos house and became a wife. Theyd been tipped off by three former members, all men whose sons had been taken to California after their ex-wives married other Alamo Church members. Families Torn by Their Loved Ones Faith in Tony Alamo. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,June 11, 2000, pp. Saying he appreciated the articles about Alamo, Amrhein insisted, Ill keep the kids. Both Tony and Susan were impressive on the stage: he with eye-catching outfits and musical ability, she with fiery sermons and deep faith. Sharon Alamo seen leaving courthouse after Tony Alamo was found guilty of 10 counts of taking underage girls across state lines for sex 2009. History: Alys went to Tony Alamos house in Fouke, Ark at 11 yrs old to become Alamos wife. 2833. He lost the suit as well as an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1985, the same year that the IRS retroactively revoked the tax exempt status for his church for the years 1977 to 1980. She left Alamo Ministries and separated from him in the summer . But look who he married? Her body was taken to the foundation's compound on a ridge overlooking the town of Dyer, Arkansas, where Susan Alamo was born as Edith . Her estranged daughter, Christhiaon Coie, brought a suit against Tony for stealing the body, and her stepfather obtained a court order requiring the body to be returned.[14]. He was walking down the hallway in his black regalia and five-inch elevator shoes, Amrhein recalls. 2023 Encyclopedia of Arkansas. In 1975, the Alamos purchased land in Dyer, near Alma, and there established the main branch of the Music Square Church, which later was called the Holy Alamo Christian Church Consecrated before its present name was adopted. 1A, 6A. All Rights Reserved. In February 2014, a Miller County judgein the largest personal-injury judgment in Arkansas historyawarded $525 million in actual and punitive damages to seven former members of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries. . Acting upon reports of child abuse, on March 25, 1988, sheriffs deputies raided the Saugus, California, compound in order to reunite three boys with their natural fathers; the fathers had been members of the Arkansas compound but had been excommunicated. The girls grew up in Fouke, Arkansas, where they lived on a compound of the eponymous religious organization created in the late 1960s by Tony Alamo and his wife, Susan. Isabel Mendoza Unofficial wife of Tony Alamo Hed lost his best friend, business partner and favorite wife and she was only 56. [11], Seventeen days before her 57th birthday, Susan Alamo died of breast cancer on 8 April 1982 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the City of Faith hospital. Tony and Susan Alamo on one of their album covers. Tony Alamos second wife says they have never divorced and insists that his third marriage to Elizabeth Amrhein is invalid. In this paragraph, we have covered all details of his relationship and wife in this article. Susan and Tony Alamo met in a Hollywood Boulevard bar in the 1960s when Susan was pressing her then-teen-age daughter to become a kid performer and he was a self-styled promoter whose real name was Bernie L. Hoffman, Coie recalled last week. She threw Alamo out of her Los Angeles home last fall after he broke a 200 year old statue. Tucker, Maria Luisa. They made the trip to Las Vegas in 1966 to tie the knot, each leaving their respective spouses. When Tony got back into the business in 1999, he immediately went on the air. [8] Converting from Judaism to Christianity, she became an itinerant evangelist before she met Hoffman. Tony was found guilty of 10 charges of transporting minor females across state borders for sex after being brought to court and sentenced to 175 years in prison in 2009. Ill get my children back, said Nick Amrhein of Huntington, West VA. I have a right to be angry, says Pebbles. An assistant called back and said Alamo had divorced Gyllenhammar but would not say where. Alamo was convicted in 2009 on 10 counts for taking young girls, including a 9-year-old, across Arkansas state lines to have sex with them, the AP reports. His booming voice could be heard on the radio from Alabama to Africa, trying to convert a new flock. They launched a national television ministry in the 1970s. Twice married and with a daughter, she came to Hollywood and attempted to become an actress. On December 2, 2010, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld his conviction and sentence. After years of legal troubles during which he was accused of engaging in abusive behavior against his followers,[3] Alamo was convicted of ten child rape offenses in 2009. I doubled the business at the Alamo of Nashville store. She later claimed her husband beat and drugged her and demanded she undergo plastic surgery to make her look like Susan. Ive been asked to go to France and design clothes there. Shown here pregnant with Alamos son, Tabor. The Barely Legal Empire of Tony Alamo. Village Voice, May 13, 2008. on July 23, 2009. As the church expanded, it established other churches in Nashville, Chicago, Brooklyn, and Miami Beach. I didnt respect anything she ever did in her life but shes still my mother and I loved her completely. In 1966, Tony was arrested on a gun charge, a felony for which he served jail time. He became unhinged and, convinced he could raise her from the dead, kept her embalmed body on display for six months with members of his church praying around it. Soon, the organization established yet another compound in Nashville, Tennessee. In the 1980s, Alamo, a self-proclaimed prophet of God, had thousands of devoted followers in the United States, including the parents of Jeanne, Amy, Desiree and Nikki. Coie, a 45-year-old singer, said last week she had not expected a monetary award but sued to preserve some semblance of her mothers dignity. Spears also rejected Alamos $3.5-million counterclaim that Coie had slandered and defamed him. Like Bernie, she grew up Jewish in a mostly Christian state. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2018. He came to me nose to nose and pulled a Muhammad Ali on me. Read our Privacy Policy. The Alamo Christian Foundation had churches in Chicago, Nashville, Miami Beach and Brooklyn. He remained in prison until his death in May 2017 . Alamo followers still pepper the IRS with legal challenges, help with his defense, and make their presence known through their trademark brochures. They charged him with several counts related to his tax issues. Again, followers worked in these businesses for practically nothing. Troubles continue to mount for Tony Alamo Christian Foundation. Shown here with their son, Sion. A bitter Gyllenhammar, who runs two successful boutiques in Los Angeles and designs clothes for such Hollywood stars as Linda Evans, Joan Collins and Barbra Streisand, this week, insisted she is still legally married to Alamo, although she wishes she had never met him. Copyright 2023 Empire Media Group, Inc. Front Page Detectives is a registered trademark. Tony Alamo was born on 20 September 1934 and his place of birth was in Joplin, Missouri, US. Major support provided through a partnership with the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism. Hes a convicted tax evader and a flamboyant evangelist who once ran what authorities called a multimillion-dollar, Saugus-based cult. The first time you log in to our catalog you will need to create an account. Alamo formed the cult way back in 1969 with his wife Susan when he was a flamboyant preacher on the streets of Hollywood. Pebbles, now 32, and Amy, 34, are sharing their story, which is also featured in the premiere episode of People Magazine Investigates: Cults, airing June 4 on Investigation Discovery. Now Tony Alamo is also a grave robber-at least in the eyes of an Arkansas judge, who has . Ive been trying to divorce him since the end of January, she said. Williams, John. She moved into the house with the other wives and was wearing a wedding ring given to her by Alamo, while he was still in prison. In addition to clothing, the church produced music and began distributing Christian music and sermons nationally. Between 1986 and 1990, the preacher remarried twice. He was born Bernie Lazar Hoffman on September 20, 1934, in Joplin, Missouri. Hughes, Dave. 32, testified that she was taken as Alamo's wife at age 17 and that Alamo had five other wives at the time. Alamo was living at the time in Tampa, Fla., a fugitive from charges that he had ordered the beating of an 11-year-old church member at the Saugus commune. The saga began in 1982 when, instead of burying his 59-year-old wife, Alamo brought her embalmed body back to his compound near tiny Dyer, Ark. He is a beautiful person. He apparently adopted the name Marcus Abad for some time and achieved some modicum of success as a big band crooner in Los Angeles, California. Tony Alamo kept Mrs. Marston's phone and utilities in her name. He preached he was the victim of a government conspiracy. But after his wife died in 1982, Alamo's behavior grew deviant and he began preaching the purported righteousness of polygamy and underage brides.In the mid-1990s, Alamo, then 62 years old . What my mother did was wrong. She had just turned 16 years old. In addition, the judgment against Alamo showed him owing another $5 million to former church members for unpaid work. He was heard on over a dozen radio stations in the U.S. and more in Africa, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines. In 1976, the U.S. Department of Labor brought charges against Alamo for violations of the Fair Labor Standard Act. When Alamo was released from federal prison in 1998, he quickly reassumed his status as the head of a now smaller Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, which is headquartered in Miller County, with branches in Fort Smith (Sebastian County) and Los Angeles. Then in 1991, as federal authorities moved to seize the churchs myriad assets, the mausoleum in Dyer was broken into and Susan Alamos body disappeared. [11] Individuals who sought to join the church and become involved in its rehabilitation program took a vow of poverty and agreed to turn all of their money and property over to the church. When Alamo saw Amrhein at the hearing the evangelist appeared upset. He can be very charming.. For additional information: Misheal is still in the group and often reads the responses on Tonys radio broadcast. In 1976, a few unhappy followers reported him to the U.S. Department of Labor, who investigated. Today, the girl born into the Alamo church is a grown woman, as is her younger sister, and Coies pride in both her daughters is immense. The Alamos promoted UFOs as real and convinced followers to turn over their salaries, work long hours and prepare for the inevitable End Times. People Magazine Investigates: Cults premieres Monday (9 p.m. Eddy was 14 and Rodriguez just 12 when they. The imprisoned Evangelist preacher Tony Alamo, who sexually abused young girls he considered to be his wives, has died after serving more than seven years of a 175-year prison sentence, authorities said. Alamo was recently convicted by a federal court jury in Texarkana, Ark., on 10 counts of transporting underage girls across state lines for sex. . She was already married to Kenya Williams (African American) and pregnant with his child at the time. He claimed that the governments actions against him were merely the machinations of Satan, and his followers continued to attract controversy for distributing his printed literature across the United States and beyond. The show related his four-year struggle against the Alamo church on the streets of Hollywood. Whispering in the Daylight: The Children of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries and Their Journey to Freedom. He was working as a music promoter. While Alamo was tied up in the courts on federal tax evasion charges, other allegations were levied against him from various quarters. He arrived in Los Angeles in the 1960s, claiming he was a music promoter with clients including the Beatles. History: In 1993 Angela Marie Morales (aka Angel Streit) became a wife in Arkansas at age 20. Alamo has fathered three children by different women who live in his home as secretaries. She said last week that the financial award from her suit against Alamo, if it comes through, might see her daughters through college, or help pay her lawyer Charles Karr, whom she credited with sticking by her throughout the bizarre body case.. Sunday October 1, 1995 Alamo Christian Ministries, Tony Alamo. Lydia and Tabor are no longer in associated with the group or Tony Alamo. The flashy evangelist did business in the backwoods of western Arkansas, but when the law caught up with him, he was living in Tampa, Florida, where he ran a restaurant and regularly broadcast religious talk shows. Click on the link above to open the article, Fashion designer claims he wont sign legal papers even though he married another woman. She sings better than he does. But no. He was 82 years old. 1A, 10A. Pictures are unavailable at this time. It also operated a drug rehabilitation facility, and those who were involved in the church developed several businesses in the Alma area. Tony allegedly threatened to kill Arnold but was never held legally accountable. Regardless of his motive, if Alamo doesnt comply with Spears ruling, hell go straight to Crawford County Jail in Arkansas after completing his federal prison sentence and be held there indefinitely. Online at http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8506 (accessed February 23, 2023). The program also charges Tony Alamo with being a child abuser, polygamist and pedophile. In September 1994, the Federal District Court for the Western District of Tennessee sentenced Alamo to six years in federal prison in Texarkana, Texas. In the early 1940s, Susan moved west to pursue her dream of becoming an actress. They were awarded the largest sum of damages in Arkansas history $525 million dollars. Among the businesses which Alamo started was decorating denim jackets and airbrushing them with bright, colorful designs. A hearing was held the day after her arrest. Staff of the CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Alamo kicked Kenya out of the group and took his wife. Tony Alamo (1934-2017), American founder of the Alamo Christian Foundation Antonio Alamo, Jr., known as Tony Alamo, American physician and Nevada gaming official This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. Major funding provided by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. At the time, Susan was married to Coies late father, Solomon Samuel Lipowitz, whom she described as a good man and a prizefighter who was also a mobster. But he wanted to spend his birthday with me so we got permission for him to stay two days longer. Im not worried. Alamos first wife, Susan, had died of cancer the year before. Specific details about his death were not immediately known, though he reportedly suffered from a number of health problems, including diabetes and a 2011 heart attack. 25-Apr-1925, m. 1966, d. 8-Apr-1982 cancer) Wife: Birgetta Oyllenhammer (m . Alamo to Return Body of Wife after 7 Years. 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